Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 134

Price Realized: $ 8,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
(COLORADO) [Chamberlain, William G.; et al.] Album of Colorado views and Indian portraits. 147 albumen photographs and 4 engravings, various sizes up to 10 x 13 inches, on 44 heavy mounts, most with calligraphic caption tags. Bound in an oblong folio album (15 x 18 inches), original morocco gilt, worn, front cover detached, backstrip mostly perished; a few leaves detached or unbound, one leaf half-sized, contents generally well-preserved with only minor edge wear to mounts. Vp, circa 1868-1900
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The first and largest portion of this album consists almost entirely of photographs of American Indians (34) and Colorado-area views (67). While none of these western photographs are credited, William Gunnison Chamberlain of Denver has been identified as the photographer for at least 8 of them, and the others are in a similar style. Highlights include 3 photographs each of the Ute chiefs Ouray and Powatch, all larger than cabinet-sized; 5 full-page views of the scenery near Glen Eyrie, CO; 4 full-page views of Estes Park; and a view of Georgetown, CO in 1872. The final 45 photographs in the album do not appear to be Chamberlain's. They depict travels in Cyprus, Mexico, Niagara Falls, and elsewhere. A complete list is available by request. Provenance: The Forbes Collection.